Vincent Van Gogh, Starry night, 1889

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry night, 1889"The Starry Night" is a painting by the Dutch post impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh, completed in 1889. It is one of his most famous and recognizable works, and is considered a masterpiece of Western art. The painting depicts a night sky filled with swirling, luminous stars and a bright crescent moon, set above a small village nestled in a valley. The landscape is rendered in Van Gogh's characteristic bold, expressive brushstrokes, with vibrant

which is in sharp contrast to much of Picasso's earlier

including the Seine and Loire rivers

The painting features a stylized depiction of a woman

and coastlines

and it was part of a larger decorative scheme for the Hermesvilla commissioned by Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

"Carta Pictural dell'Umbria

with their purple and blue petals standing out against a yellow-green background

"Calm in the Storm" is a painting by Wassily Kandinsky

as it marks a departure from the more traditional styles of painting that dominated the art world at the time

These paintings are notable for their use of bright

the bright red

The painting is one of Kandinsky's earlier works